2 - 5 Princess Street Wolverhampton WV1 1HQ
Approved on 9 February 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of upper floors into 22 Student Accommodation units, change of use of ground floor into three Use Class E commercial units, change of use of basement into gym and wellness amenities for residents, roof enlargements and alterations, façade alterations and associated development.
- Received
- 16 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wolverhampton City Council
- Ward
- St Peters
- Agent
- AH Architecture
- ReceivedReceived16 Jun
- ValidatedValidated19 Aug
- Consult.Consultation13 Sep
- TargetTarget Date14 Oct
- DecidedDecided9 Feb
Decided in 174 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 - 5 Princess Street Wolverhampton WV1 1HQ. Wolverhampton has handled 1,032 applications of this type. This one was decided in 238 days, 28 weeks longer than Wolverhampton's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across St Peters. We hold 633 applications in total for the WV1 postcode area.
87% of full applications at Wolverhampton City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- WV1 1HQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 9 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- AH Architecture
- Agent address
- 15 Alleyn Park Southall UB2 5QT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 August 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 September 2025
- Site notice start
- 19 August 2025
- Site notice end
- 9 September 2025
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14097824
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 6 - 8 Lichfield Street City Centre Wolverhampton WV1 1DGRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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